Energy barriers between the Cassie and Wenzel states on random, superhydrophobic surfaces

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 425, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-58

  David, Robert ^a   Neumann, A Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakthrough pressure; Energy barrier; Random surface; Superhydrophobicity; Wenzel roughness parameter

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

BREAKTHROUGH PRESSURES; ENERGY-BASED MODELS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; RANDOM SURFACES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SELF-AFFINE ROUGHNESS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

ENERGY BARRIERS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROWETTING; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84875622491     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.02.049     Document Type: Article

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